Xylitol dehydrogenase from Candida tropicalis: Molecular cloning of the gene and structural analysis of the protein

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 631-639

  Lima, Luanne Helena Augusto ^a   Pinheiro, Cristiano Guimarães Do Amaral ^a   De Moraes, Lídia Maria Pepe ^a   De Freitas, Sonia Maria ^a   Torres, Fernando Araripe Gonçalves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candida tropicalis; Medium chain dehydrogenase family; Molecular modeling; Protein structure; Xylitol dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

CLONING; GENES; METABOLISM; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; XYLOSE; YEAST;

CANDIDA TROPICALIS; MEDIUM-CHAIN DEHYDROGENASE FAMILY; MOLECULAR MODELING; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; XYLITOL DEHYDROGENASE;

ENZYMES;

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; XYLITOL; XYLITOL DEHYDROGENASE; XYLOSE; ZINC;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTION TEST; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; D-XYLULOSE REDUCTASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAD; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZINC;

CANDIDA TROPICALIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33751013719     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0525-0     Document Type: Article

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